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Introduction

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea
your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain,
muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave
every other idea alone. This is the way to success that is way great spiritual
giants are produced.” - Swami Vivekananda

Indians are known for their inherent
talent in mathematics internationally and Indian youth for their talent in
information technology. Indians are not
only known for their interests in cinema and cricket but also for their
passions in various other areas.
However, predominantly India
is known for its excellence in IT and mathematics. We have the world class
technical manpower and talent that is unparalleled. We have the largest English speaking
population in the world. But why are we still lacking our leadership position
at the global level? Small countries
like Japan, Singapore and Germany marched ahead in various
sectors despite their geographical limitations and constraints. What ails India? It is time to diagnose where we lack. It is time to take stock of the situation by
analyzing our strengths and overcoming weaknesses, managing threats and
exploring opportunities.

In the past we blamed British for all
the ills and the mess they had left for India at the time of independence.
Sometimes we blame democracy for all the ills as politicians serve their
interests than serving the interests of the people. And few Indian politicians played the role of
British and divided the country in religion, regional, linguistic, cultural and
caste lines during post - independence era.
However, the silver lining over the dark cloud is that we have survived
as a democratic country for more than 64 years and we are the largest democracy
in the world. We are also going good economically because of our inherent hard
working abilities and tenacity.

Most of the Indian youth are ambitious
and driven. In addition, most of the
Indian youth who come out of educational institutions are quick learners and
thinkers and conceptually agile. They
come out with simplistic models and numbers and have ability to diagnose the
situations through given data.
Precisely, Indian youth are incisive, decisive and inclusive. Their technological adaptability is amazing
and their level of learning is unparalleled.
However, Indian youth still face several challenges to lead better life.

Challenges
for Indian Youth

There are several challenges Indian
youth are currently facing. They are
lack of employability skills, soft skills, entrepreneurial skills and
leadership skills. These four skills are the four pillars for rapid progress of
Indian youth. For instance, lack of employability skills lead to dearth of
employment opportunities; lack of soft skills lead to losing the employment;
lack of entrepreneurial skills lead to working under someone rather setting up
their own enterprises and, finally, lack of leadership skills lead to mere
managing the things than leading from front.
If Indian youth take care of these four skills sky is the limit for
them. They can achieve anything and
everything as these skills equip them with adequate ammunition to take on
challenges head-on.

Indian
Youth – Unlock Your Potential

Indian youth have huge potential. If they know their real potential and uncork
they can achieve anything. If they know
their talents they can script their success stories. India’s growth lies in the hands of
Indian youth as they constitute major portion of Indian population. If they get
good guidance from educators, parents and society, they will be able to take India to
greater heights of glory thus achieving super power status soon. Hence, the
intellectuals, thinkers, educators and parents must work on their strengths to
unlock their potential for the benefit of our country. They must also channel their energies and
efforts in a right direction. We lost
our super power status to the world several centuries ago. It is the time where all responsible citizens
and thinkers must work and ensure that India stages a smart come back as a
super power.

Aspirations
of Indian Youth

I wanted to know what is in the minds
of Indian youth. Therefore, I conducted
a poll for a group of students who were pursuing their management
education. The students belonged to
various multinational companies working in both in junior and middle level positions
with an age group of 24 to 35. They
actively participated in the poll. I
asked them the following questions:

What
are the three main challenges the Indian youth facing currently?

What
are their expectations and aspirations?

Where
do they see India
by 2030?

The responses for these questions are
as follows:

Majority of the students feel the
current challenges are due to outdated educational system followed by lack of
guidance. The other responses include, lack
of employability skills, identity crisis, technology, excessive westernization,
corruption, lack of opportunities, information overload, time management, lack
of freedom, regional imbalances, lack of clarity in their goals and
direction. Finally, the other challenges
facing them are health issues and losing moral values. Therefore, we will discuss these challenges
in the next chapters. We will also
discuss the challenges that prevent India from becoming a developed country and
as a global super power.

Here is an interesting case study that
helps you think out of the box.

Case
Study - What Is In It For You?

“The entrepreneur in us sees
opportunities everywhere we look, but many people see only problems everywhere
they look. The entrepreneur in us is more concerned with discriminating between
opportunities than he or she is with failing to see the opportunities.” -
Michael Gerber

Marshall was an ethical entrepreneur with vast
experience. He was bankrupt in business
due to the external political problems in the host country leaving him
insolvent. However, he did not lose his
heart as entrepreneurs are basically brave hearted.

He returned his home country and
requested for help from couple of close friends. They refused to help as they thought that
extending hand was inviting problems for themselves. However, a childhood friend, Robert came
forward to lend him 100 bags of sugar with each bag containing 100 kilograms at
a price of one dollar per kilogram. But
Robert imposed a condition that the amount should be paid within a week. If the goods were not sold completely, the
left over unsold stock along with the cash had to be refunded by the end of the
week. Marshall had agreed to take 100 bags containing
sugar as per the terms and conditions of Robert.

He started selling the stocks of sugar
in loose quantity at the cost of one dollar per kilogram. That means at the cost price. He liquidated the stocks and paid back the
amount to Robert regularly within a week.
He did in this way regularly. Did
Marshall get
any profit out of it? If so, what were
the other advantages out of such transactions for a businessperson? Just think.

Solutions

For every problem there will be
multiple solutions. Similarly, in the
given scenario, there are number of ideas hidden behind the business
transactions of Marshall. Let us briefly
analyze few of them.

Since Marshall was taking the quantity of sugar in
bags he could sell each empty bag and could make profit although he was selling
the stocks at cost price in loose quantity.

Over a period of time, Marshall would generate
goodwill as he was selling at reasonable rates. More customers would pour in to
buy sugar and also they would ask for more related groceries/items so that
everything would be available under one roof.
He could include other items in small quantity where he would sell at
nominal profits thus enjoying profits directly in ancillary items without
hiking the selling price of sugar.

He could also increase the volume of
business and get profits by selling the empty bags. Since the time frame given to pay either cash
or unsold stocks was one week, there was another way to generate more
profits. For instance, he could sell his
stocks in loose quantity within two days itself and negotiate with other
suppliers at discounted price as he would buy the stocks against cash. In any business transaction, cash is
king. In the given scenario, Marshall
was taking stocks at a price of one dollar against credit. Hence, he could buy at a price less than a
dollar and sell the stocks at one dollar and enjoy the difference in profits
per kilogram. In volume business, the
profits become more although the profits appear to be meager per each kilogram
of sugar.

If he could sell the stocks within two
days against cash purchase from other suppliers, he could do another rotation resulting
into more profits. Depending upon the sales, he could do multiple rotations
resulting into more profits without any capital investment. It may also happen that Marshall might get stocks from other
suppliers against credit at the same cost he was taking against credit from
Robert as he created a marketing base for himself. He could sell the stocks at the same price he
was selling earlier and also he could enjoy the profits as he was getting the
stocks at a lower price and that too against credit. Gradually Marshall could take the stocks from
other suppliers instead of taking from Robert.
Marshall
could also negotiate with Robert and take stocks at lesser price thus keeping
friendship and doing business as well.

In the long run, other suppliers could
approach Marshall
for lending their other items on credit as he earned good will and trust from
his suppliers and from the customers as well.

Marshall could provide the door delivery of
the stocks by hiking the price thus enjoying profits on goods. However, he had to hire extra manpower for
door delivery of stocks.

He could also take the unbranded sugar
in bulk, and brand them by adding value and sell at a higher price because of
the branding and packaging. Marshall could easily say
that his products had superior quality with value added features and coolly
enjoy the decent returns. To go
further, he could brand the items depending on the income level of the
customers and sell the stocks accordingly.

Once he was flushed with his own
capital Marshall
could sell the products with little higher price on credit to customers
depending on their credibility and goodwill thus enjoying at higher
profits. He could keep two prices for
two types of customers – cash customers and credit customers. Likewise he could eat the cake and have it
too.

Once business gets established Marshall could sell the
stocks as per the prevailing market rate without selling at discounted prices
and without compromising the quality of goods and services as customers were
habituated to buying from him.

Lessons

For the success of any business
venture, business acumen is more important.
Although capital is the essence of any venture, we find several
entrepreneurs reaching from nowhere to number one position without any capital
investment. It is basically because the
values, principles, trust and goodwill apart from other things such as ability
to see the invisible and the capability to go by the road less traveled.

Entrepreneurship is more of a passion
than an option. It is all about taking
risks and willing to experiment with right business acumen. It is the ability
to exhibit tenacity and resilience and staying focused on your goals. It is the ability to hit the bulls’ eye
without giving up. To sum up, entrepreneurship
is not for faint hearted but for brave hearted.

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“If any of you are around when I have
to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral. And if you get somebody to deliver
the eulogy, tell them not to talk too long. . . . Tell them not to mention that
I have a Nobel Peace Prize, that isn’t important. Tell them not to mention that
I have three or four hundred other awards, that’s not important. . . . I’d like
somebody to mention that day, that Martin Luther King Jr tried to give his life
serving others. I’d like for somebody to say that day, that Martin Luther King Jr
tried to love somebody. . . . I want you to say that I tried to love and serve
humanity.”—Dr Martin Luther King

Dr
Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968)—The Man Who Moved the Mighty

Dr Martin Luther King Jr was one of
the most inspiring leaders, who touched the world through his courage and
convictions. He was a symbol of right as against might and proved to the world
that it is the right that wins at the end of the day rather than the might. It
was very difficult to lead a Civil Rights movement in America in those days,
when whites dominated and discriminated against blacks.He was courageous enough to take on the
mighty through the right means and methods. Although there have been a number
of courageous leaders in the past, Dr King is still remembered for his amazing
and exemplary leadership.

Dr King was one of the youngest
leaders to achieve fame and success. At 33 he led the Civil Rights movement in
America.At 34 he delivered the famous
speech I have a Dream.At 35 he won the Nobel Peace Prize. At 39 he
was assassinated. He achieved such a lot by the young age of 39, brought
revolutionary changes within the American society and made a great impact
globally with his principles of peace and non-violence by following the footsteps
of Mahatma Gandhi.

Dr King was a visionary who led from the
front and used words skillfully to connect with his people. He was a
transformational leader who changed the American society by bringing an end to
racial segregation and discrimination. He was named the Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963 and became not only the
symbolic leader of American blacks but also a global leader.He is truly a legend who showed exemplary and
amazing leadership when odds were stacked against him and, that too, through
non-violent and peaceful means.Here are
the lessons we can learn from his leadership:

Leadership
Lessons from Dr King

"If a man is called to be a
street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or
Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.He should sweep streets so well that all the
host of heaven and earth will pause to say, “Here lived a great street sweeper
who did his job well."

He believed in his values and
principles.Despite facing innumerable
threats to his life and being subjected to several abuses, he did not give
up his Civil Rights movement. He remarked, “I believe that unarmed truth
and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why
right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”

He had excellent communication
skills. He knew how to mould and articulate his vision effectively. His
speech I have a Dream is one of
the finest motivational speeches in the world and raises the key issues regarding
equality of blacks with whites.

He shared whatever he had. He
shared the prize money from the Nobel Prize with others for furtherance of
the Civil Rights movement.

He said, “I have a dream that my
four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged
by the colour
of their skin, but by the content of their character.” His dream was
fulfilled and this made a huge difference to the lives of the blacks and
the oppressed.

Learning
Lessons

“Whenever you make a mistake or get
knocked down by life, don't look back at it too long. Mistakes are life's way
of teaching you. Your capacity for occasional blunders is inseparable from your
capacity to reach your goals. No one wins them all, and your failures, when
they happen, are just part of your growth. Shake off your blunders. How will
you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will
come.”—Og
Mandino

It is a fact that life is a series of
lessons which have great value provided we learn from them. Do not panic during
the difficult times in your life.These
situations make you tough and should draw the best out of you. Do not get
dejected.Observe and analyze closely
what went wrong, learn from it, and move on.

Leaders learn from multiple sources
such as from observation, teaching, training, experience, interaction, evaluation,
and feedback. They also learn by studying other successful leaders. Though
leadership is not something that can be learned by reading books alone, reading
books will help to minimize mistakes and maximize outcomes. Smart leaders learn
the techniques of leadership quickly and acquire the tools and skills to lead others
effectively.

What
is Smart Leadership?

Leaders like Jeff Immelt of General
Electric, Michael Dell of Dell Computers, and Steve Jobs of Apple Computers
have one thing in common, that is, they are all smart leaders.For Jeff Immelt, taking over as CEO of General
Electric was really a challenging task, because people had huge expectations after
Jack Welch had led the company successfully for many years. Jeff managed to
establish his credentials through smart leadership. Both Michael Dell and Steve
Jobs faced tough competition and managed their companies successfully through
smart, innovative strategies during the recession.

Smart leadership is a blend of both
soft and hard skills, and soft and hard power. It effectively links both hard
and smart work.Smart leadership can be
defined as the process of setting goals, influencing people, building effective
teams, motivating people, and, finally, aligning their energies and efforts
towards organizational goals and objectives both through soft and hard skills
as well as soft and hard power.

Smart leaders possess presence of mind
and are tactful in dealing with people.They have the art of leading and managing the emotions and egos of their
people. They are ready to perform the role of a manager or a leader as the
situation demands. They are smart in learning lessons quickly from the mistakes
of others and leveraging on the experience of others. They believe in quality
performance and results. They display
entrepreneurial skills, believe in innovation and creativity, possess
flexibility and adaptability, and possess many skills like communication
skills, team building skills, cross cultural skills, presentation skills,
empathy, and humility, to name a few.In
brief, they are smart at people skills besides having the necessary technical
skills for the job.

Smart leaders know their strengths and
weaknesses thoroughly.They are a blend
of both personal humility and professional will and are Level 5 Leaders in the
language of Jim Collins.They continuously
prepare themselves to shift from one effective zone to another when they find
that the effective zone has become a comfort zone. They constantly rediscover
and reinvent themselves with changing times and technologies. They are far
ahead of their time.They love to live
on the edge and prefer to be in the effective zone.

Smart leaders focus on people through
soft leadership and on goals and objectives through hard leadership.They
have smart work plans which are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic,
and can be tracked.They are more of
democratic leaders who consult others in decision-making and take their teams
into confidence about the goals.They do
not let a few people dominate the decision-making.They are aware that leadership is not just a
matter of issuing commands, but involves leading by example and getting others
to do what you want.

Smart
Leadership = Soft + Hard Leadership

Smart leadership is all about making a
balance between soft and hard power.Soft
power is the art of getting the outcomes you want by attracting and persuading
rather than by coercing and manipulating.In contrast, hard power depends on inducements by way of rewards, or
threats of punishment.It is more of a carrot-and-stick
policy.Soft power believes in win-win while hard power follows win-lose policy.

It is often seen that military leaders
believe in hard power while civilian leaders, especially the leaders in
democratic countries, believe in soft power. Hitler demonstrated the power of
hard leadership and Dalai Lama symbolizes soft leadership.What is required, in fact, is a blend of both
soft and hard leadership, which is called smart leadership.

Businesses are changing rapidly and
their needs have to be addressed through smart means and methods. As we are moving
from market economy to network economy, there is a need for smart leadership
that focuses both on soft and hard skills and makes a balance between both soft
and hard power for handling the current complexities of the corporate world.

In the subsequent chapters, we will
discuss in detail, with illustrations, examples, and case studies as to how to
excel as smart leaders.

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“Leadership is not magnetic
personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends
and influencing people' — that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's
vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher
standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” ―Peter
Drucker

I reached Kuala Lumpur on 18th
August 2015, keynoted the conference and set the ball rolling. I delivered the
leadership skills needed for 21st century leaders and on soft
leadership which is a new leadership perspective coined by me. One of the
research papers published by Industrial and Commercial Training of Emerald UK
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I shared my vision to build one millions students as global leaders by 2030
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The energy levels were very high and the response was overwhelming.
Subsequently I was one of the panel members along with Dr David Cooke, Chairman,
Managing Director Konica Minolta, Sydney Australia; Gary Wheelhouse, Chief
Digital Officer, Harvey Norman, Sydney Australia; and Raja Singham, Managing
Director & Senior Lecturer, Founder Brickfields Asia College, Malaysia. We
were excited to respond to the volley of questions asked by audiences. The
conference was coordinated by Simon Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Southern
Cross Coaching & Development Pty Ltd, Australia. CEOs and leaders shared
their leadership ideas and insights on 18th, 19 and 20th.
On 20th August 2015, I shared my presentation on my bestselling book
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experienced thought leaders. It was a great experience for me to be the keynote
speaker for this event and to share my leadership ideas and insights on my
award-winning book.

Craft
Your Vision to Grow as a Visionary Leader

When you look at leaders like Mahatma
Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Lee Kuan Yew, Henry
Ford, John Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Sam Walton, and Steve
Jobs, they are all visionary leaders who showed the right direction to the
world in their spheres. The world transformed from Stone Age to space age due
to the contribution of several visionary leaders. Human progress and prosperity
is not possible without visionary leaders.

Visionary
Leadership

Visionary leadership is the process of
creating an idea, building a team, communicating with them and inspiring them
with stories to convert ideas into realities. It transforms the lives of people
to make a difference to the societies.
The leaders’ vision comes from their convictions. It comes from their passion. It comes from their values. It comes from their ethics and
etiquette. Vision makes things easier
and clearer for others. It clears the
clutter and makes the path free from obstacles.

Visionary leadership is not a conventional
leadership. It is different and unique
from normal leadership. The primary
focus of visionary leadership is to emphasize on passion and vision and
subsequently on mission followed by execution to achieve organizational goals
and objectives. It links from present to
future. Succinctly, visionary leadership
is all about looking into the future and predicting the future. It is all about seeing the invisible. It is being enthusiastic about uncertainty
and complexity.

Hallmarks
of Visionary Leaders

Walt Disney once remarked, “You can
dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it
requires people to make the dream a reality.” Visionary leaders are farsighted
who always look at the implications and complications while making
decisions. They go by the road less
traveled. They don’t indulge in
continuous firefighting as it diverts their attention from their goals. They are clearly focused on their goals and
objectives. They constantly change their strategies, styles and approaches but
not their goals. They take more time in
fixing their goals. Once goals are fixed
they commit to them and work towards accomplishing them. They have gut feeling and follow intuition. They inspire others. They are attentive listeners. They facilitate teams successfully. They
mobilize people towards their dreams successfully. They have the ability to connect their dots
and charisma to connect with their people. They focus keenly on the journey to
reach their destination. They endeavor to be within the track so that they
don’t lose sight of their destination. They have vision and vigor and focus on
long-term results, not short-term setbacks.
They are highly focused on their goals. They lead from the front. They inspire their people and take them
forward energetically. They are imaginative at heart. They have ideas and insights and are bold to
take their people forward successfully. They believe in themselves. They know
where they are going. They are
undeterred by shocks and setbacks. They are prepared to risk their lives for
the sake of their people. They are born optimists and radiate positive energy
and enthusiasm. They take the blame in case of failure and spread the fame in
case of success. They show visual
pictures to their followers to accomplish organizational goals and objectives.
Vision gives kick to the people. It moves the people forward with energy and
enthusiasm. Visionary leaders are path
makers and destiny makers. They combine emotions to convey and communicate
their goals. Above all, they are moral
leaders who walk their talk.

How
to Craft Your Vision Statement?

Vision statement must preferably be
below 100 words and in present tense to have effectiveness. It requires imaginative mind to craft
one. Here are some tools to craft a
better vision statement:

Vision must spell out a clear and
compelling picture so that there is a strong reason to pursue and
persevere. It must be audacious and SMART where SMART is the acronym for
specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time bound.

It should be simple and straight,
and challenging and inspiring.

It must convey company’s value
system, culture, ethics and etiquette.
It should never be a mere rhetoric but must be realistic.

It must be challenging enough to
enable the people to put in their energies and efforts aggressively.

It must neither be too short nor
too big. It must convey the ideals
and ideas of the organization for which it stands and aspires to
achieve.

Conclusion

Political visionary leaders such as
Theodore Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr have provided direction to America
when needed. Additionally, John F
Kennedy envisioned putting a man on the moon with his visionary
leadership. To conclude, there should
not be any gap between preaching and practicing to make vision realistic and meaningful. Companies must mobilize their people around a
common cause by crafting better vision statements. The success of any company
depends on its right presentation of vision statement and execution of mission
statement and that is possible only through visionary leadership.

"Leadership is the ability to
translate vision into reality." ―Warren G. Bennis

Sunday, 6 September 2015

We
are all blessed with a huge potential. We must understand this fact and unlock
our potential. However, most people waste their precious time by thinking about
their unpleasant past which cannot be changed, and worrying about their future
which cannot be predicted. What we have now is the present. Hence, we must make
use of the present to unlock our hidden potential to achieve amazing success in
life, and help others grow in their lives.

Great
leaders are great learners, and help build the next generation of leaders.
Hence, you must grow as a leader first to groom others as leaders.

Most
people think that they cannot become leaders, when in fact, everybody is a
leader. The mother who leads at home; the father who takes responsibility; and
the janitor who delivers his goods with excellence is a leader. Leaders are the
ones who lead from front by taking responsibility. They spread fame during
successes and take blame during failures.

Hence,
take responsibility to lead from the front. Realize your hidden potential as
everybody is born as a genius, and nobody is born as a stupid. Develop a
positive, right, and strong attitude to excel in your life. Contribute your
best. Emphasize excellence regardless of the area of activity you are into.
Emphasize means, not ends. Keep people before profit. Make the people around
you special, and help them dream and achieve big.

Time
is very precious. Whether you are rich or poor, you are blessed with time. Make
use of it wisely. You have only one life. Hence, use your time judiciously to
provide meaning to your life.

Balance
your personal, professional and social life. Trifurcate your goals into three
categories such as personal, professional and social goals. Set these goals
based on your passions and value system.

Here
is the way to go about setting these goals in your life. Ask yourself what you
want to achieve in your personal life. Find out your strengths and weaknesses,
and set your personal goals based on your passions and strengths. Identify the
careers in which you are passionate about, and set your professional goals
accordingly.

Finally,
what value would you like to add to society? What would you like to be
remembered for? And set your social goals accordingly.

Surround
yourself with positive people to build a better world. Remember that knowledge
is more important than money. Hence, share your knowledge to make a difference
to the world.

Work
for satisfaction, not for recognition. Remember, satisfaction is the
end-product while recognition is the by-product. Be passionate about what you
do. Don’t worry about setbacks. Think out-of-the box to achieve success in your
personal, professional and social life.

Be
a continuous learner and take feedback constantly to grow in life. As long as
you love and learn, you are young. The day you stop loving people and learning
things, you become old.

Imagine
how different your world would be if you started each day with the wisdom
learned from household names like Sir Richard Branson (Virgin) and Guy
Laliberte (Cirque du Soleil) to thought leaders like Jack Canfield (Chicken
Soup for the Soul) and Marci Shimoff (The Secret). So far more than
1000 Luminaries have been featured, including me. That's a lot of inspiration
and I'm proud to be a part of it!

Remember, when we get caught up in our own stories
and start to forget our own design as infinite beings, it is inspiration that
turns the ordinary into extraordinary, fear into hope and the darkness into
light. Inspiration reminds us that we are greater than we seem, and more
resilient and powerful than we think.

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